Rocks
Minerals
Disasters
Rock & Mineral Identification
The Earth
100
A mixture of different minerals
What is a rock?
100
An earth material made of one ingredient
What is a mineral?
100
A sudden shaking of the surface of the Earth
What is an earthquake?
100
Shape, size, color, and texture of rocks
What is properties?
100
The solid layer of rock covering the Earth
What is the Earth's crust?
200
A giant storms that begin at sea and sometimes crash into land.
What is a hurricane?
200
Scientists who study rocks and minerals
What is a geologist?
200
Molten rock on the surface of the Earth
What is lava?
300
The cycle in which rock changes over time
What is the rock cycle?
300
Giant, ocean-going waves caused by an underwater earthquake or volcanic eruption
What is a tsunami?
300
Picks, hand lenses, and cold acid
What are some tools scientists use to study rocks?
300
The process by which wind and moving water carry away bits of rock
What is erosion?
400
Rocks that form when layers of rock are squeezed and stuck (cemented) together.
What is sedimentary rock?
400
An order you can put minerals in.
What is hardness?
400
An opening in the Earth's crust
What is a volcano?
400
Scratching a mineral with another mineral, or scratching it with a nail.
What is a test for hardness (scratch test)?
400
Melted rock inside the Earth.
What is magma?
500
Rocks that have been changed by heat and pressure
What is metamorphic rock?
500
A mineral that fizzes in cold acid.
What is calcite?
500
Loosened rocks and soil on a mountainside.
What is a landslide?
500
Helps separate the parts of a rock.
What is evaporation?
500
The breaking down of rocks into smaller pieces
What is weathering?
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